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· Season 2019 is opening with a bang!
· Hotham is definitely EPIC
· TNE Industry Facebook Group
· Mt Hotham Street Library
Season 2019 is opening with a bang!
Mt Hotham is kicking off the start of winter 2019 with an incredible snowfall of 91cm in the two-week lead-up to the season opening.
The positive run-up to the season start is creating high hopes for a third consecutive bumper season for snow lovers, and with a current base of over half a metre, the Audi Quattro will be spinning a day early on Friday 7 June.
Visitors can enjoy an extra day of skiing without incurring resort entry fees until Saturday 8th June, though the resort will be running a limited Village bus service on Friday 8 June.
With the bus operating on Friday, loading zone restrictions will apply all day Friday and will be enforced. However other seasonal parking restrictions will apply from 4pm Friday.
Looking forward to a good 2019 season
With consistent snow conditions thanks to high-tech snowmaking complementing natural snowfall, a winter holiday at the only Victorian alpine resort at the top of a mountain is better than ever.
In 2019, visitors can look forward to exciting new food and beverage options, with the iconic Joyce Brockhoff Hut in the Heavenly Valley area open for business for the first time, and the Frankie operators taking over the Arco site with the new Restaurant at Jack Frost.
People looking for a truly unique outdoor experience can try the first and only igloo village in Australia, delivered by Alpine Nature Experience. Snowshoe through the snowgums, learn to prepare an authentic French cheese fondue, then curl up in a real snow igloo, comfortably furnished with a real bed and -8 degree rated sleeping bags.
Mt Hotham will be hosting the Australian Backcountry Festival for the first time in 2019, leveraging our incredible high-altitude alpine environment and celebrating human powered winter sports including cross country skiing, snow shoeing, telemark and alpine touring and split boarding.
Tobogganing will still be a popular activity at Mt Hotham’s toboggan and snow play areas, easily accessed on the free Village shuttle’s new fleet of Mercedes Benz buses with low floors and electric wheelchair ramps, making access easier for all visitors.
New resort entry purchasing system for day and multi-day passes
Mt Hotham Resort Management Board has also introduced a new online system for purchasing day and multi-day resort entry permits, introducing the ability for guests to manage their own accounts. This means guests can list multiple vehicles on their accounts and switch their day or multi-day pass to a different vehicle up to an hour prior to entering the resort.
Guests will also be able to change the dates on their day or multi-day resort entry permit themselves if plans change, providing a new level of self-service convenience.
The new system is accessible via the Alpine Easy Access website: https://www.alpineeasyaccess.com.au
Resort entry permits will be required from the beginning of the declared snow season which starts on Saturday 8 June, 2019.
Mt Hotham Alpine Resort Management Board wishes everyone a fun and safe 2019 season!
Hotham is definitely EPIC
Vail Resorts, Inc. has confirmed that the 2019 Epic Australia Pass and 2018-19 Epic Pass will now provide unlimited, unrestricted access to Hotham Alpine Resort, in addition to Perisher Ski Resort and Falls Creek Alpine Resort in Australia.
To celebrate the best Australian snow conditions in almost 20 years, the deadline to purchase a 2019 Epic Australia Pass has been extended to Tuesday 18 June.
Vail Resorts will continue to honour 2019 season pass products for Falls Creek and Hotham through the duration of the season, while also allowing guests to upgrade to an Epic Australia Pass. The Epic Australia Pass is sold exclusively at www.epicaustraliapass.com.au and the 2019-20 Epic Pass can be purchased at www.epicpass.com.
TNE Tourism Industry Facebook Group
TNE Tourism Industry Facebook Group now taking members !
TNE have relied on Industry EDMs as the main mechanism of communicating with the tourism industry within the High Country. Whilst the EDMs are a great way to send out notifications, they provide no immediate means for feedback or the ability for discussion around a given topic. With the launch of the TNE Tourism Industry Facebook group, engagement is welcomed on topics relevant to the tourism sector.
The group is open to individuals who work within businesses that are part of the Victoria's High Country tourism sector. Membership requests and group moderation will be carried out by Tourism North East. Discussion within the group will be of a professional nature on topics relevant to the tourism sector.
When joining the group, you will be required to provide the name of your business, your role, and indicate if your business has an ATDW listing.
Mt Hotham's Street Library trial
In case you haven’t yet noticed, we are trialling a Street Library here at Mt Hotham. It's a great little initiative started in 2015 by Australian Nic Lowe, who wanted to build an Australian-based free library movement that encouraged literacy and community.
How does it work? Easy - it's like 'book karma'. Take a book - free! You can swap it for one of yours, or just take it, no drama, we know another will come to take its place. When you're done, put it back, or pass it on to someone else. If you have a book you want to donate, feel free!
Ours in down in the Transit Station, and we're hoping that people will find it useful for those evenings when they just want to snuggle up in front of the fire with a good book and a mulled wine, but they don't actually have that book. We’ll be asking for feedback to see whether it’s worth continuing. It looks a bit bland but we’re looking at getting proper signage.
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please get in touch!
